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AI 2040: Plan A
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Humanity aims to delay the development of superintelligence until 2040 while making all AI research public. This plan encourages global competition among numerous companies and establishes a regime of mutually assured compute destruction.
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- Praise: There's undeniable value in AI's capabilities, and many see it as a Pandora's box that we can't just close; we must keep improving.
- Praise: The discussion around AI regulation is crucial, but the fear of authoritarian misuse highlights the need for transparency in AI development.
- Concern: The idea of limiting AI development is naive; it risks centralizing control and could lead to a world police state of regulation that stifles innovation.
- Concern: If only select governments and corporations wield AI tech, we could end up in a scenario where they become the de facto world government—tyranny is a real concern.
- Concern: Fears of ASI are unlikely to create any serious movement to pause AI; public dislike of companies driving AI is more likely to spur action.